📊 Analysis

Tic Tacs — an analysis

What 300 reports of tic tacs have in common: when and where they are seen, shapes, colours, how long they last and what the sky shows — compared with all UFO sightings.

300 sightings🎥 155 with video19 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1943–2026

What stands out

  • 38% of tic tacs with a time were seen at night (9 pm to 5 am), against 44% of all sightings.
  • The busiest hour is 7 pm.
  • The busiest year so far is 2023, with 66 reports.
  • 30% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 0% of the tic tacs it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is tic tac (271).

When

Sightings per year
19432026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19432
19440
19450
19460
19470
19480
19490
19500
19510
19520
19530
19540
19550
19560
19571
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19650
19660
19670
19680
19690
19700
19710
19720
19730
19740
19750
19760
19770
19780
19791
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19860
19870
19880
19890
19901
19910
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19970
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20043
20050
20060
20070
20080
20091
20100
20110
20122
20130
20141
20151
20162
20170
20181
20197
202014
202160
202243
202366
202427
202548
202617
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20243
Jan 20254
Feb 20252
Mar 20255
Apr 20255
May 20257
Jun 20253
Jul 20257
Aug 20253
Sep 20256
Oct 20254
Nov 20251
Dec 20251
Jan 20265
Feb 20261
Mar 20261
Apr 20262
May 20265
Jun 20261
Jul 20260
Aug 20261
Sep 20260
Oct 20261
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am2
1 am3
2 am1
3 am2
4 am2
5 am0
6 am1
7 am0
8 am1
9 am2
10 am0
11 am3
12 pm0
1 pm3
2 pm2
3 pm3
4 pm2
5 pm3
6 pm3
7 pm5
8 pm2
9 pm4
10 pm2
11 pm2
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan19
Feb16
Mar23
Apr20
May35
Jun34
Jul29
Aug38
Sep22
Oct28
Nov17
Dec17

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Pacific Ocean off San Diego, United States21
  • Orlando, Florida3
  • Friends Lake, United States2
  • Rendlesham Forest, United Kingdom2
  • London, Canada2

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • White31
  • Black11
  • Red4
  • Green2
  • Silver2
  • Orange2
  • Yellow1
  • Purple1
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match37

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Counted from the sightings on this site, as reported — shapes, times and places are what witnesses said. Updated hourly.

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